The epicentre was a southern, surfer town on the Pacific Coast, according to the US Geological Survey. Emergency warning systems were activated in Mexico City, some 348 kilometers (216 miles) from the centre of the quake, and many buildings were evacuated. Video posted by a Washington Post reporter showed crowds of people standing calmly in a central Mexico City square, waiting for the rumblings to pass.

February 17, 2018 2:31 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) - A report of gunfire on Friday (Feb 16) on a college campus near Seattle sparked a lockdown, but law enforcement officials who scoured the campus could find no evidence of a shooting.

February 17, 2018 2:31 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) - Police were responding to "reports of gunfire on campus" at Highline College in Washington state on Friday (Feb 16), and the school was on lockdown, officials said.

The 19-year-old accused of gunning down 17 people at his former high school has admitted he carried out the shooting rampage, authorities said in court papers filed Thursday, The Washington Post reported. Police wrote that Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, told officers that he walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday wielding an AR-15 rifle and began shooting students in the hallways and outside on the school’s grounds. Once students began to flee the carnage, Cruz dropped his rifle and vest packed with additional ammunition “so he could blend into the crowd,” an officer wrote in a probable-cause affidavit. Cruz had taken an Uber...

February 16, 2018 5:35 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – The Republican-led Senate on Thursday (Feb 15) blocked both President Donald Trump’s immigration plan and a bipartisan alternative, a failure that cast doubt on whether Congress will ever resolve the fate of hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants.

February 15, 2018 8:59 PMPARKLAND *(WASHINGTON POST) - What is known about the Valentine's Day slayings at a South Florida high school suggests the carnage was planned with chilling precision: The alleged shooter - armed with an assault-style weapon - pulled a fire alarm and waited as his victims pour into the halls.

White House Budget director Mick Mulvaney said that the costs for Trump's proposed military parade would range between $10 million and 30 million on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post. Mulvaney cited the estimate during questioning at the House Budget Committee meeting, but said the White House did not yet budget for the parade and would either rely on Congress to authorize funds or use money that's already been approved. “The estimates I’ve seen, they’re very preliminary, is between 10 [million dollars] and 30 [million dollars] depending upon the length,” Mulvaney said. “Obviously an hour parade is different from a five-hour parade in terms of the cost and the equipment and those...